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Leaves and seedpods

Flower
Scientific classification
Genus:	Desmodium
Species:	tortuosum
Synonyms
List Desmodium physocarpos Vogel Desmodium pulcherrimum Shuttlew. ex Griseb. Desmodium purpureum (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle Desmodium stipulaceum DC. Desmodium tortuosum var. hirtellum DC. Hedysarum purpureum Mill. Hedysarum stipulaceum Sessé ex DC. Hedysarum tortuosum Sw. Meibomia physocarpa (Vogel) Kuntze Meibomia purpurea (Mill.) Vail Meibomia stipulacea (DC.) Kuntze Meibomia tortuosa (Sw.) Kuntze

Desmodium tortuosum, the twisted tick trefoil, dixie tick trefoil, tall tick clover, Florida beggarweed, and giant beggar weed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Latin America, and widely introduced as a forage to much of the rest of the world's subtropics and tropics.

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